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Upper Egyptian Textiles of Late Antiquity
Study of the Coptic Fabric Collection The “Chemnitz Fabric Collection” has long been known for its extraordinary pattern studio featuring the 19th-century textile industry. Not only did fabrics from around the world make their way into the museum,...
Going Native
The term “appropriation” is often associated with a dominant group adopting cultural characteristics or distinctions of a subjugated people. In the post-colonial view of the world, the “colonial rulers” were often the ones who appropriated elements...
Humans and the Sea
Human beings and their management of the ocean as a resource is a subject which offers insights into human forms of adaptation and strategies of survival. It also highlights the development of special technologies for laying claim to and making use...
New Approaches to Islamic Art
Participative Processes in Redesigning the Museum of Islamic Art The Museum of Islamic Art is part of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and contains religious and secular objects, produced in various Islamic societies between the 7th and 19th century. In...
Cultural Contact – Cultures of Contact
The transregional history of Bohemia and Saxony in prehistoric and early historic times serves as the starting point of this epoch-spanning exhibition project highlighting the development of today’s cultural landscape(s). What did prehistoric humans...
Cultural Transfer
Flensburg experienced a period of economic prosperity in the 18th and 19th century thanks to trade with the colonies in the Danish West Indies. Luxurious colonial goods were in high demand and were refined and manufactured further at farms in...
Treasures of the Ascending Dragon
In addition to highlighting the history of humanity since prehistoric times, the Landesmuseum Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) – Museum of Archaeology in Herne also presents special exhibitions on current issues of general interest on a regular basis. In...
A Different View
Many countries around the world continue to deny homosexuals and transgender people basic human, civil and self-determinatory rights. Lesbian women, gay men and transgender individuals frequently suffer legal harassment, social discrimination and, in...
Royal Heavenly Machines
New Approaches to Presenting and Visualising Astronomical Clocks of the Renaissance Comprehending the starry skies is perhaps one of the most ancient dreams of humanity. In the mid-16th century, European rulers began purchasing highly complex devices...
The Etruscans
In preparation for the major exhibition “The Etruscans”, this project aims to experiment with a new form of international cooperation. Curators from Italian museums and historical preservation agencies will team up with curators from the Badisches...